<p>Anyone else get deferred early action?
My stats:
-3.76 gpa
-510 reading, 570 math
-5 ap's during high school.
-field hockey 4 years, captain.</p>
<p>Anyone know what to do if deferred? Write a letter? Call and see why reason you got deferred? Im retaking my SAT in January.</p>
<p>I was deferred too, I completely don’t understand! I go to prep school in Connecticut and I’m in-state…how did this happen!
My Stats:
-3.0 GPA (translated to a 3.5 at a public school)
-510 math, 670 reading
-4 on my AP Lit exam
-tons of EC’s including President/Founder of the Breast Cancer Awareness Club, Head of Prom Committee, super involved in Habitat for Humanity, leads in school musicals, and Photography Editor of my Yearbook.</p>
<p>What now?</p>
<p>seriously, im mad. i think it was prob my sat scores that held me back. im in northern, va and its very competitive. i think 10kids in my class got in…but they all had 4.0s or higher im pretty sure. April is gonna be a longgggg wait. Jmu is my absolute #1.</p>
<p>I am so depressed…I thought that this was a safety…but one that I REALLY wanted to go to.</p>
<p>same i was really upset about getting deferred. i really want to go to jmu!</p>
<p>i was deferred as well. i have a 3.6 gpa, but i’m pretty sure it was my sat score that caused me to get deferred.</p>
<p>usualgirl, i completelyyyy completely completely agree!!! does anyone know how to like increase our chances of being accepted at this point?</p>
<p>I currently am a Freshmen at JMU, and i know how it feels, i was in your shoes at this point last year. I was deferred, waitlisted and then eventually accepted. My biggest piece of advice is to do very well the rest of your senior year and write them a note. I did both and feel it lead to my acceptance. Also, I have noticed that many people who were deferred and waitlisted were mostly out of state, as they accept more instate applicants, being a state school. good luck to all. any other questions feel free to ask me!</p>
<p>I got defferred with a 3.58, 1100/1600, 23 on the act (yeah not the best I know…), 4 years football, 1 ap (2 if you count this year), national honor society, history honor society, eagle scout, a job…</p>
<p>Most of the people here in NoVA that got in EA had a 3.8-4.0</p>
<p>i really think jmu has the most random admissions process, like this one kid at my school has a 1090 sat, 3.6 gpa, and he didn’t even write the personal statement and he was accepted ! we have pretty much the exact same stats (my sat was lower) but i wrote the essay and i was deferred.</p>
<p>One of my students got deferred, too. She has a 3.3 GPA but nearly 2000 on her SAT. She also has really nice AP scores. She had some great ECs, too. Four of her friends, however, got in. (We are in VA) Each had between 1100 and 1250 on the SAT and all had GPAs of 3.8 or better. Again, they had some nice ECs.</p>
<p>In terms of being deferred, I would send a note expressing that JMU is your top choice and why you see it as the perfect fit. Have a teacher or two write recommendations. If you have a change in your resume (your class rank goes up at mid-year, you win a state title, etc), send that along, too. My son has a friend who jumped seven spots in class ranking at mid-year. A counselor wrote her top school a note about it, and she helped her gain admission.</p>
<p>Just because you were deferred doesn’t mean you won’t get in. From the JMU website…</p>
<p>"Early Action is more competitive than the Regular Decision process. To be admitted through Early Action, a student needs to be superior in curriculum, grades, test scores and extracurricular activities. For the class entering in the 2006 Fall semester, 49 percent of the students deferred from Early Action to Regular Decision were eventually admitted. Students who apply through the Early Action process do not have an advantage over students who apply Regular Decision.</p>
<p>Because Early Action is more competitive than Regular Decision, students who apply through Regular Decision are not at a disadvantage. Typically about 80 percent of our applicants are competitive but space constrains us to admitting only about 60 percent."</p>
<p>My son has applied for Regular Decision and waiting until April will be tough. I think you have to have some very good stats to get in on EA.</p>
<p>Is it appropriate to call and ask why you were deffered? Has anyone done so?</p>
<p>I called and got a very impersonal email saying send in sr year grades and updated test scores, if available. It specifically said don’t send anything else in and they don’t grant interviews. Not a good vibe, warm response. I guess they are a big school and they put together grades, tests, demographics and that’s that. My grades and test scores were higher than some of the people who posted their stats here that were accepted. Also, I guess that they don’t care about private v. public schools, even though they talk about “rigor of high school courses.” Doesn’t make much sense to me, but they say that they want to see if you’ve made the best of what has been offered to you. Well, if I am competing in classes with people who are going to Ivy league schools (and about 1/3 of my class is going to go to an Ivy or similar…like Stanford, Williams, Amherst, etc) then I should be judged differently than if I am in classes where only 70% of kids go on to college. But I guess that’s not their problem…pretty unbelievable to me, and disappointing. I guess I should have gone to the big public school and gotten straight A’s.</p>
<p>My S was deferred two years ago, then accepted in the regular round. Like all here who have been deferred, we were puzzled as to why he wasn’t accepted in Early Action. He had great ECs (incl. Governor’s School), very good SATs (1240/1910), and a GPA of 3.6 (en route to having 18 AP credits). One thing I’ve learned since then: JMU pays a lot of attention to the GPA within the core courses. They don’t care so much if you got straight A’s in your electives. I think my son would have been ultimately accepted regardless, but he had an ace in the hole in having to audition for the school of music (after the EA decisions). Fortunately, he did well at the audition, which pretty much stamped his acceptance. Still, the days leading up to getting that official letter were tough, as JMU was his first choice. </p>
<p>I don’t have empirical evidence but I believe many applying to JMU for EA do so because it’s non-binding and because it’s a safety school (for those who really want UVA, W&M, or maybe Tech). Consequently, the EA round truly is more competitive than the regular round. </p>
<p>The percentages say that even those put on the waitlist after regular decisions go out have a decent shot at being accepted. I wish you all well. I suppose my reading for writing is simply to say hang in there.</p>
<p>Im probably going to send a letter anyways!!!</p>
<p>My son was deferred from early action today. I don’t think that they want letters or additional letters of recommendation. The web site noted:</p>
<p>“If you choose to send one letter of recommendation, it must be sent with your high school transcript in order to be considered or read. JMUs Admissions Committee will not review more than one letter of recommendation per applicant.”</p>
<p>The best thing to do is get good fall semester grades.</p>
<p>Improving your fall semester grades is your best course of action or taking the SAT/ACT again. Bugging them about why you were deferred might backfire - getting you labeled as high maintenance. I think everyone still has a good chance to get in. However, everyone should have a back up plan.</p>
<p>I think im going to write and letter, and possibly try to make it down to jmu in the near future, because apparently you can talk with an admissions counselor if they are in the building.</p>
<p>I was deferred so I was wondering if you guys could let me know if I have a chance getting in RD, Here are my stats :</p>
<p>White, Female, Rhode Island (out of state)
3.0 (out of 4.0)
mostly all honors classes, 2 aps, mostly b’s
ec: football cheer, basketball cheer, competitive cheer, outdoor track
a decent ammount of community service.
i’m ranked 164 out of 405 in my class.
Chances?</p>